1/0 Administration Flashcards
It is the ___ of the Los Angeles Fire Department to preserve life and property, promote public safety, and ____, management and actions, as an all-risk life safety response provider.
mission / foster economic growth through leadership
Core Values
_____ - above all else, we realize that we are here to meet the needs of the public.
SERVICE
Core Values
____ - we conduct ourselves at all times in a manner befitting the oath we swore to uphold.
PROFESSIONALISM
Core Values
____ - we live according to our Code of Conduct that governs our behavior both on and off the job.
INTEGRITY
Core Values
____ - we always treat others, as they desire to be treated.
Respect
Core Values
____ - we inspire our employees to take risks that improve our organization and advance our profession.
INNOVATION
Core Values
____ - we trust one another to prepare in such a way that puts the safety, effectiveness, and reputation of the team and the Department first.
TRUST
What are the core values?
Service/ Professionalism / Integrity / Respect / Innovation / Trust
A civilian Board of Commissioners, consisting of ____, each appointed for____ terms, is the “head of the Department.”
five members / five-year
Their appointments, and removal, are made by the ____. Each Commissioner is an officer of the City and must be a qualified elector of the City.
Mayor subject to a majority vote of the Council
A President and Vice-President of the Board are elected for ___ by the Board members during the last scheduled Fire Commission meeting in July.
one-year terms
As “Head of the Department,” the Board has the power to:
A. _____ the Department and to make and enforce all necessary and desirable rules and regulations.
Supervise, control, regulate and manage
As “Head of the Department,” the Board has the power to:
B. Establish a ____ for training, equipment and facility rental and tuition for the training of members of outside agencies.
schedule of fees
As “Head of the Department,” the Board has the power to:
C. Appoint a ____ and a Chief _____.
Commission Secretary / Accounting Employee
As “Head of the Department,” the Board has the power to:
D. Hold a public meeting in a public office at least __ a month.
twice
The duties and responsibilities of the Commission Secretary are performed by the Commission Executive Assistant II assigned to the Board Office, located in Room _____.
1840 of City Hall East.
The Chief Accounting Employee of the Fire Department is a ____ who is appointed by the Board and is responsible to the Board.
Departmental Chief Accountant II
The Charter requires that no money shall be____except upon warrant authenticated by the Chief Accounting Employee of the Fire Department. Refer to Vol. 1, 1/2-20.01, for duties and responsibilities.
drawn from any fund of the Fire Department
The Independent Assessor is appointed by the ____ and is responsible to the Board of Fire Commissioners. The Independent Assessor shall have the same access to Fire Department information as the Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners
Independent Assessor:
A. Under rules established by the Board of Fire Commissioners, audit, assess and review the Fire Department’s handling of _____
complaints of misconduct committed by employees, sworn or civilian, of the Fire Department
Independent Assessor:
B. Conduct ____ requested by majority vote of the board
any audit or assessment
Independent Assessor:
C. Initiate ____ with prior notice to the Board of Fire Commissioners, and subject to the authority of the board by majority vote to direct the Independent Assessor not to commence or continue an assessment or audit
any assessment or audit of the Fire Department or any portion of the Fire Department
The Fire Chief is the ____ of the Fire Department. The Fire Chief has the powers and duties enumerated in ____ and is responsible for administering the Fire Department in accordance with Article V of the City Charter.
Chief Administrative Officer / Charter Section 522
The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:
A. _____ of the Department (other than the Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Chief Accounting Employee of the Department) in the line of their duties, subject to the civil service provisions of the charter.
Appoint, discharge, suspend, transfer, or issue instructions to members (civilian and uniformed)
The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:
B. _____ of the Fire Department in accordance with the provisions of the budget appropriations or of appropriations made subsequent to the budget.
Expend the funds
The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:
C. Recommend to the Board an Annual Departmental Budget covering the anticipated ___.
revenues and expenditures of the Department
The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:
D. Certify expenditures of the Department to the____.
Chief Accounting Employee
The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:
E. File with the Board at least once ____ a written report on the activities of the Department.
a month
The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:
F. Exercise such ____ in the administration of the Fire Department as may be conferred upon the Fire Chief by the Board.
further powers
